Using a Pen to Draw Lines and Shapes

Use GDI+ Pen objects to draw line segments, curves, and the outlines of shapes. In this section, line refers to any of these, unless specified to mean only a line segment. Set the properties of a pen to control the color, width, alignment, and style of lines drawn with that pen.

In This Section

• How to: Use a Pen to Draw Lines
  Explains how to draw lines.

• How to: Use a Pen to Draw Rectangles
  Describes how to draw rectangles.

• How to: Set Pen Width and Alignment
  Explains how to change the width and alignment of a Pen object.

• How to: Draw a Line with Line Caps
  Describes how to add end caps when drawing a line.

• How to: Join Lines
  Shows how to join two lines.

• How to: Draw a Custom Dashed Line
  Describes how to draw a dashed line.

• How to: Draw a Line Filled with a Texture
  Explains how to draw a texture-filled line.

Reference

• Pen
  Describes this class and has links to all its members.